Photos for Tuesday June 10, 2008

The photos below are from several sources and (unfortunately) uncaptioned for now..... this may change when time permits. As for now, the kids are occupying themselves with some rubber gloves that they've turned into balloons (they came from our food handling today). These images are the first turned in for "uploading" tonight. As you can no doubt tell, the site is being updated continually. If you read a posting already, be sure to go back in a day or two to see if any new comments of pictures have been added. This is a bit of extra work, but, the photos may not have been ready when the text was written.

Starting Tuesday.....

A late starter....... Will

another late starter..... Chris

Grandpa Gary....

A shot just for Pam....

Group 1 at the Carter Burden Center ("Meals On Wheels)...

We were given orientation. Everyone learned about delivering the meals or about working in the kitchen.

Pam, Sarah and Miranda heading out to deliver food... (Each of the teams took the bag of hot food and bags of cold food to deliver to each recipient. Along the way, the kids took the time to chat with the folks and take the chance to get to know them just a little. Pam even got the chance to take a couple of pictures of the beautiful cityscape along the way. Those can be seen below.

Meanwhile, "back at the ranch", some of the kids were used to serve the guests. In this shot below, you can see Cameron in the background wearing his mission t-shirt helping to serve the food. Several of the guests commented that they truly appreciate the kids (and grownups) coming to serve as volunteers.

In the other picture you can see Chris helping to serve as well. The center provided an educational session on osteoporosis after the meal (for which we were invited to stay and watch, but we chose to pass.....)

In the next shot, you can see John serving as well. I think that all of the kids really enjoyed the day. It was hard work for them (especially the walking to deliver the food.... the heat was brutal. However, the directions we received were very clear and we did NOT become lost!!!!! After all of the serving and packaging of food was done, it was time to do the cleaning up. The kitchen crews took care of washing and putting away. The "cold pack" packer wiped up their work area and put away things like boxes of butter and the bread. This group separated several loafs of bread and packed them: one slice and a pat of butter in a sandwich bag. We created several milk crates full of bread slices and covered cups of fruit deserts. At first this seemed a little like overpreparation until we found out that this would be fozen for use in the kitchen (as noted the kids carried the food to the customers).

Next, Group 1 went on a bus ride (instead of walking back to the Church). It was not a very long walk but the bus seemed like a good idea. For one reason, it was really hot AND it was a new experience! So, we got directions from someone at the Center, had map in hand and "went for it". Guess what..... it worked and we survived.